Freedom of Movement on the Manchester demo
visiting gog | 21.09.2008 09:32 | Anti-militarism | Migration | Repression
freedom of movement block
freedom of movement for all
red and black
red and black and yellow
no borders, no states, no wars
no borders placard
child m must stay
claude ndeh must stay
red and black at the conference
what has gordon lost?
The block seems to have its own cop contingent, some of whom look very young and frightened and I wonder what's being fed in through their earpieces. There are threats of arrests if the rather fetching Gordon Brown Clown masks aren't removed. Two of the cops rush into the block behind the protective banners before the march has even started. If they're looking for trouble they get it. They are ejected quickly, firmly and nonviolently.
The evidence gathering team is heard bemoaning the difficulty of getting everyone's mugshot when they're behind banners. Shame.
Everything calms down once the march gets going, although one cop who's perched up on top of the crash barriers - the ones the Labour party feels it has to protect itself with these days - can't resist pinching one of the red and black flags as the march approaches the conference.
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